Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/02/2002
Filed Date: 07/08/2003
Most Recent Update: 07/22/2003
Determination Date: 07/22/2003
Expiration Date: 07/22/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,236
INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF WIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INSULATED WIRE DIVISION
KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 8, 2003 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at International Wire Group,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Wire Technologies, Inc.,
Insulated Wire Division, Kendallville, Indiana. The workers at the
subject facility produced bare wire.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a partial shift in facility production of
bare wire to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of International Wire Group, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wire Technologies, Inc., Insulated Wire
Division, Kendallville, Indiana who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 2, 2002
through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of July, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance